Understanding workplace conflict
According to research (1), having difficult conversations and managing conflict are seen as the top two leadership challenges at all levels of management. We’ve chosen to tackle the topic of workplace conflict at our summer networking event on the evening of 5th July at Somerset House, London.We’ll…
By: Jemma Came, Marketing & Programmes Assistant, 23 June 2017 Categories: Culture & engagement full article
How to create a team culture where healthy conflict is welcome
Conflicts in the workplace are inevitable. A leader’s challenge is to create a team culture where conflict is a natural, healthy part of working together which contributes to more innovative and collaborative solutions. The key is not to eliminate conflicts but to agree upfront, as a team, how to…
By: Marta Evans, Change & Communications Consultant, 15 June 2017 Categories: Culture & engagement full article
Difficult conversations: ensuring positivity from the outset
“…scientists have captured …the attunement of emotions in the laboratory by measuring the physiology – such as heart rate – of two people as they have a good conversation. As the conversation begins, their bodies each operate at different rhythms. But by the end of a simple fifteen-minute…
By: Jemma Came, Marketing & Programmes Assistant, 1 June 2017 Categories: Culture & engagement full article